Culinary Arts

About the Program

Not everyone who loves cooking great food wants to do it for a living. If you are a serious amateur, Culinary Arts will give you the skills and confidence to whip up truly outstanding meals at home. In Pankow's Culinary Arts program, you'll become grounded in the fundamentals of cooking. You'll discover our Culinary Arts classes are fast-paced, hands-on, and taught by a passionate Chef-Instructor. Kitchen terminology will become your second language. This program is externship (co-op) eligible.

What Students Will Learn

• Interact with a variety of people
• Demonstrate creativity
• Communicate new ideas and information
• Provide products and services to others
• Develop nutritional plans
• Solve problems and attend to details
• Organize an event

The program is designed to prepare students for occupations in the hospitality industry. Learning includes both classroom and laboratory components. Classroom work teaches basic and advanced techniques and procedures used in commercial food service. Lab work teaches functions of the commercial kitchen, short-order cooking, and dining room service. Labs are divided into workstations, and each student rotates from station to station for a period of two weeks. Students will prepare food for the Creuse Connection, a public restaurant at the Pankow Center.

Related Careers

• Chef
• Waiter / Waitress
• Food Service Manager
• Hospitality Industry Professional
• Caterer
• Conference Planner
• Convention Coordinator
• Food Service Worker
• Host/Hostess
• Hotel Employee/Manager
• Maitre d'
• Party & Banquet Planner
• Public Relations Specialist
• Restaurant Owner
• Culinary Educator
• Entrepreneur

Program Details

School-To-Registered Apprenticeships (STRA) are available only at the Pankow Center.

• 910 Culinary Arts 1, grades 10, 11, 12 – 1 credit per semester
• 913 Culinary Arts 2, grades 11, 12 – 1 credit per semester

2-hour blocks, 2.0 credits per year.

Graduation Requirements Fulfilled

• Electives
• Fine, Performing/Applied Art
• Math Related (pending LCPS Board approval)

Certifications

• Pankow's 2-year CTE Skills Certificate upon successful completion of the program
• ServeSafe Certification
• ProStart Certification

Articulation Agreement: Baker College, Macomb Community College